proposed 8x2 schedule

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To: Design Team Members (Joe Davidock, Denise Rendon, Brian Cramp, Jessica Ravelo, Gabriel Paez, Lilia Storey)
From: Gabriel Paez
Date: 5/17/11

Topic: Proposed Schedule using the 8 x 2

We have brought back the idea of the 8x2. The rationale is as follows:

  1. This will allow for students to take Math and English plus the intervention in Math and English in the 9th grade (mandatory) and in the 10th and 11th as needed.
  2. The 8x2 allows us to use the make the Advisory class less complicated
  3. Every teacher receives 6 classes to teach, but a conference per day
  4. More classes offered to students.

Highlights plus issues/potential conflicts:

  1. Science is taken out of 9th grade and becomes a mandatory class for 10-12th grades
  2. Do we have enough teachers to teach the multiple electives?
  3. Will extra classes—which requires more teachers—drain funding?
  4. Can we come up with a concrete list of the electives we will be offering?

9th Grade

Fall Semester
 Spring Semester
1. Advisory (9th grade wheels)
 1. Advisory
2. English (Reading)
 2. English (Reading)
3. Math
 3. Math
4. PE
 4. PE
5. English Skills (Composition)
 5. English Skills (Composition)
6. Math Skills
 6. Math Skills
7. Health
 7. Art A
8. Spanish
 8. Spanish

10th Grade

Fall Semester
 Spring Semester
1. Advisory
 1. Advisory
2. English
 2. English
3. Math
 3. Math
4. World History
 4. World History
5. PE
 5. PE
6. Spanish II
 6. Spanish II
7. Biology
 7. Biology
8. Elective: Math/English Skills or Child Development or Art B or Sociology
 8. Elective: Math/English Skills or Child Development or Art B or Sociology

11th Grade

Fall Semester
 Spring Semester
1. Advisory
 1. Advisory
2. English
 2. English
3. Math
 3. Math
4.USHistory
 4.USHistory
5. Spanish III
 5. Spanish III
6. Chemistry
 6. Chemistry
7. Elective: World of Education; Child Psychology; Leadership
 7. Elective
8. Elective
 8. Elective




12th Grade

Fall Semester
 Spring Semester
1. Advisory
 1. Advisory
2. English
 2. English
3. Math
 3. Math
4. Government/Economics
 4. Government/Economics
5. Physics or Physiology
 5. Physics or Physiology
6. Elective: AP Psychology; Philosophy; Film; Leadership; AP Spanish; Intervention Tutoring; Math/English Intervention; Project Citizen
 6. Elective
7. Elective
 7. Elective
8. Elective
 8. Elective